Professional Development: Critiquing Research The ability to critique (critically analyse and evaluate) research from both the qualitative and quantitative paradigms is an essential skill for occupational therapists. It is this skill, integrated with expertise gained from clinical practice that underpins evidence based practice (EBP). Although there are many definitions of EBP, Muir Gray (1997) defines it as “an approach to decision making in which the clinician uses the best
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This essay will demonstrate that it is not “always morally worse to kill than it is to let die”. It will be argued that passive euthanasia (i.e. letting someone die) is not morally wrong and that active euthanasia (i.e. accelerating their death) is no less moral. However, the many complications associated with the legalisation of active euthanasia (and euthanasia in general) must be identified and addressed. These identified complications may be eliminated with an appropriate regulatory regime. Assuming
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Personal Reflection Paper Monique Clement HUM 111 06/24/2012 Arlene Browden What is critical thinking? Critical thinking is the identification and evaluation of evidence to guide decision making. A critical thinker used broad in depth analysis of evidence to make decision and communicate his or her beliefs clearly and accurately. You can say that it is described as “thinking about thinking.” It has also been described in more detail as: “the intellectually disciplined process of actively
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Research Paper: Research of Articles’ Literature, Methods & Findings Running head: Research Paper 2 Research Paper: Research of Articles’ Literature, Methods & Findings My research consisted of the critique of 3 articles. Within my paper, I will summarize, critique, and capture implications of the articles. The first article is Assessing Personality in the DSM-5: The Utility of Bipolar Constructs. The second is Predicting the Behavior of Offenders with Personality Disorder: Issues
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Topic 2: Describe and critique the Scientific Management approach pioneered by Frederick Taylor Introduction Frederick Winslow Taylor joined Midvale Steel Works in Pennsylvania, USA, and that’s when he noticed many employees were either working inefficiently, or at a slow rate on purpose as they were paid the same regardless the level of productivity. The employees were deliberately working at a slow rate so as to prevent their employers from how fast work can actually be done. Taylor regarded
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technology that concerns about health objective. It is a health service delivery in mobile phone. Most people usually have their own phone. They use their phone to play game, send message, call someone or use their phone for their health. This essay is a critique to “Mobile technology is changing healthcare in developing nations” by Puddak Thomas published in Berkeley Science Digest on December 23, 2012. This paper criticize the weakness of the essay, which is the usage of SANA, and the two fallacies, which
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A Critical Review of ‘The Fall and Rise of Strategic Planning’ The arrival of strategic planning had attracted general attention because it implanted in managers’ minds a kind of imperative about the process that was rational and future-oriented (Mintzberg et al, 1998). Nevertheless, Whittington (2001:4) observed, “the plan is bound to get forgotten as circumstances change”. The purpose of this essay is to critically review ‘The Fall and Rise of Strategic Planning’. Firstly, the position of
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understanding of the research process and its components this assignment will use a study conducted by Wills et al. (2005) to critique. Within the assignment there will be a description of the qualitative methodology used, followed by a discussion of the strengths and weakness and its appropriateness and relevance of the design for the study. It will then go on to critique the title of the study, the abstract, the literature review, the method and design and the data collection section of the study
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COMMUNITY AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY Assignment 1 Unique number: 536709 Student number: 46338462 Assignment 1: 536709 PYC4811 Student number: 46338462 Index 1. Introduction 2. Historical background 3. Aims and approaches 4. Theories 5. Critiques 6. Conclusion 7. References 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 2 Assignment 1: 536709 PYC4811 Student number: 46338462 Introduction According to Orford (1998:36) Community Psychology(CP) is about understanding people within their social worlds and using
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International joint ventures (IJV) have been a topic of interest in research and literature both in the past and present. Several findings suggest that the success of IJV may be due to numerous factors (Bener & Glaister 2010), though there are many issues which underlie the performance and managerial implications in IJV. This paper aims to discuss the recent contrasting views and perspectives from the academic, peer reviewed literature in relation to numerous issues, focussing on managerial implications
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